Forest School Lead
North Hill House School
Somerset
- Expired
- Salary:
- £24,000 pro-rata amount
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2024
Job overview
The new leadership team at North Hill House School are recruiting for a Level 3 Forest School Lead to join our Education team now! We are looking for a versatile, resilient and committed person, who can adapt their practice wherever necessary to support across all key stages.
Our benefits include:
- Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
- Blue Light card
- Comprehensive induction
- Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
- Pension scheme
- Paid for enhanced DBS
- Wellbeing support
- Cycle to work scheme and more!
Set in its own grounds close to Frome town centre, North Hill House is an independent specialist day school for children and young people aged 6 to 19 years with high functioning autistic spectrum disorders, including Asperger’s Syndrome and associated difficulties. The school uses a local setting to deliver Forest School sessions.
The school has been specifically designed to provide a strong focus for both UK and international students who need different levels of support to succeed, thus
allowing young people with autistic spectrum disorders, Asperger’s Syndrome and associated difficulties to thrive effectively in an ever-demanding and complex
society. Students have ambitions to live and work as self-reliant adults and we can help them to reach their goals with continued support, structure and
guidance. The school welcomes students on a day for 39 weeks per year.
The role of Forest School Leader is to teach and coach our SEN/ ASD students on all outdoor living skills and activities such as gardening, camping, growing
vegetables and looking after the outdoor environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand, share and promote the school’s vision, aims and ethos.
- Be responsible for and oversee the day-to-day planning and delivery of Forest school sessions with support from the Assistant Head Teacher (PD Lead)
- Contribute positively to the school by engaging with the wider community.
- Work collaboratively with other staff in the school department and supporting whole school events.
- Promote a culture of inclusion within the school community, place explicit value on diversity in all forms and appreciate all views expressed.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people, complying with the school’s safeguarding policy at all times and adhering to all other
- policies set out by the school.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a Forest School qualification
- Is creative and fun.
- Has the ability to build positive relationships and inspire students.
- Has excellent communication, both written and verbally.
- Has a good understanding of the current statutory and regulatory guidelines related to outdoor learning.
- Can be encouraging and adaptable, so all of our students participate with forest school activities.
- Lead on enrichment qualifications for our students such as gardening awards and possible new opportunities.
- Plans a range of age appropriate outdoor activities including games and crafts.
- Maintains accurate records for the external qualifications, assessments and planning cycle.
- Can ensure Health & Safety requirements are met.
- Has a positive approach to behaviour support, viewing all behaviours as communication.
If you would like to find out more or if you have specific questions please contact Chris Fleming (Assistant Head) at chrisfleming@aspriscs.co.uk.
About North Hill House School
Mission Statement 'The fostering of a responsible, positive outlook on life and achievement through the provision of an appropriate and stimulating educational environment.'
Purpose North Hill House aims:
- To develop and enhance abilities, giving appropriate guidance with realistic expectations.
- To plan flexible and varied individual education programmes promoting academic and life skills in a supportive learning community.
- To manage behaviour consistently, clearly defining rules and boundaries and using rewards and sanctions to demonstrate the consequences of actions.
- To help students develop strategies to cope with conflict, anger, stress and anxiety.
- To motivate students to assert themselves in a positive way while respecting the rights and sensibilities of others.
- To encourage interaction with others, promoting participation and teamwork and building self-esteem and self-reliance through a broad range of approaches.
- To promote awareness of self and others by developing relationship-building and communication skills; thus helping students to recognise and share feelings, and by offering spiritual and moral guidance.
- To demonstrate the importance of acceptable and appropriate behaviour, including equal opportunities issues. · To build and develop a partnership between home and school, which is reflective of the school's team approach.
- To develop positive links with the local community.
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